How To Laugh More And Enjoy The Life You Live

As I walked the hall of the office, I saw him. A new team member was creeping my corridor with a frown.

“What’s wrong?” I asked.

He gently remarked, “everything is fine.”

“Okay, if you want to talk, I’m here!”

As I brewed some coffee in our Sky Lounge, he peeked in and whispered, “I don’t smile much. It’s something I’ve been trying to work on.”

Nobody does that, I thought. An honest, vocal admittance of an area they need to work on, and I respect it a ton.

It helps me understand his personality, so my functional managers and I can lead and coach him in a way that makes sense.

I told him I’d help him work on it.

Laughing is a disease. The infected are light-hearted, happy, and genuine.

They don’t take life so seriously.

Their laugh is born from a spark of joy. It’s not a hyena laugh. One that’s fake, forced, and wicked. You know the people I’m talking about.

It’s genuine. Like a loud bellow from the soul.

My older sister laughs this way. You can hear her laugh in the next state.